MATE desktop environment
E42411
MATE desktop environment is a lightweight, traditional-style graphical user interface for Unix-like operating systems, continuing the classic GNOME 2 experience with ongoing updates and support.
All labels observed (10)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| MATE desktop environment canonical | 30 |
| MATE Desktop Environment | 6 |
| MATE desktop | 5 |
| MATE Desktop project | 4 |
| Fedora MATE-Compiz Spin | 1 |
| GNOME Flashback | 1 |
| Linux Mint MATE Edition | 1 |
| MATE Panel | 1 |
| MATE Power Manager | 1 |
| MATE software | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T314738 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: MATE desktop environment Context triple: [Fedora Linux, supports, MATE desktop environment]
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A.
Cinnamon desktop environment
Cinnamon desktop environment is a modern, user-friendly graphical interface for Linux systems, known for its traditional desktop layout, customizability, and development by the Linux Mint project.
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B.
GNOME desktop environment
The GNOME desktop environment is a popular, user-friendly and modern graphical desktop interface for Unix-like operating systems, emphasizing simplicity, accessibility, and integration.
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C.
LXQt desktop environment
LXQt desktop environment is a lightweight, modular, and Qt-based graphical desktop environment designed to be fast and resource-efficient, particularly suitable for older or low-spec hardware.
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D.
KDE Plasma desktop environment
KDE Plasma desktop environment is a highly customizable, feature-rich graphical workspace for Linux and other Unix-like systems, known for its modern design, extensive configuration options, and integration with the KDE software ecosystem.
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E.
Linux Mint
Linux Mint is a popular, user-friendly Linux distribution based on Ubuntu (and sometimes Debian), known for its traditional desktop interface and ease of use for newcomers.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: MATE desktop environment Target entity description: MATE desktop environment is a lightweight, traditional-style graphical user interface for Unix-like operating systems, continuing the classic GNOME 2 experience with ongoing updates and support.
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A.
Cinnamon desktop environment
Cinnamon desktop environment is a modern, user-friendly graphical interface for Linux systems, known for its traditional desktop layout, customizability, and development by the Linux Mint project.
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B.
GNOME desktop environment
The GNOME desktop environment is a popular, user-friendly and modern graphical desktop interface for Unix-like operating systems, emphasizing simplicity, accessibility, and integration.
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C.
LXQt desktop environment
LXQt desktop environment is a lightweight, modular, and Qt-based graphical desktop environment designed to be fast and resource-efficient, particularly suitable for older or low-spec hardware.
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D.
KDE Plasma desktop environment
KDE Plasma desktop environment is a highly customizable, feature-rich graphical workspace for Linux and other Unix-like systems, known for its modern design, extensive configuration options, and integration with the KDE software ecosystem.
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E.
Linux Mint
Linux Mint is a popular, user-friendly Linux distribution based on Ubuntu (and sometimes Debian), known for its traditional desktop interface and ease of use for newcomers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (56)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
desktop environment
ⓘ
free and open-source software ⓘ software project ⓘ |
| aimsToProvide |
low resource usage
ⓘ
stable and familiar user experience ⓘ |
| basedOn |
GNOME 2
ⓘ
linked to:
GNOME desktop environment
|
| follows | traditional desktop metaphor ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
GTK-based
ⓘ
customizable ⓘ lightweight ⓘ traditional-style ⓘ |
| hasUserInterfaceStyle | classic GNOME 2-style interface ⓘ |
| includesComponent |
Atril document viewer
ⓘ
Caja file manager ⓘ Engrampa archive manager ⓘ Eye of MATE image viewer ⓘ MATE Applets ⓘ
linked to:
MATE
MATE Control Center ⓘ MATE Panel ⓘ
linked to:
MATE desktop environment
MATE Power Manager ⓘ
linked to:
MATE desktop environment
MATE Screensaver ⓘ MATE Settings Daemon ⓘ MATE Terminal ⓘ Marco window manager ⓘ Pluma text editor ⓘ |
| isAvailableOn |
Arch Linux
ⓘ
Debian ⓘ Fedora ⓘ
linked to:
Fedora Linux
FreeBSD ⓘ GhostBSD ⓘ Linux Mint ⓘ Ubuntu ⓘ openSUSE ⓘ |
| isDefaultDesktopOn | Ubuntu MATE (flavor) ⓘ |
| isDesignedFor |
BSD
ⓘ
Linux ⓘ Solaris ⓘ
linked to:
Solaris operating system
Unix-like operating systems ⓘ |
| isMaintainedAs | continuation of GNOME 2 experience ⓘ |
| isPartOf | free desktop ecosystem ⓘ |
| license |
GNU General Public License
ⓘ
GNU Lesser General Public License ⓘ other free software licenses ⓘ |
| originatedAs | fork of GNOME 2 components ⓘ |
| programmingLanguage |
C
ⓘ
C++ ⓘ Python ⓘ |
| supports |
accessibility features
ⓘ
keyboard shortcuts ⓘ multiple workspaces ⓘ panel applets ⓘ panel-based workflow ⓘ themes ⓘ |
| supportsDisplayServer | X11 ⓘ |
| usesToolkit |
GTK 2 (historically)
ⓘ
GTK 3 ⓘ
linked to:
GTK (for graphical interface)
|
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: MATE desktop environment Description of subject: MATE desktop environment is a lightweight, traditional-style graphical user interface for Unix-like operating systems, continuing the classic GNOME 2 experience with ongoing updates and support.
Referenced by (51)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: MATE desktop environment
linked to: MATE desktop environment
linked to: MATE desktop environment
linked to: MATE desktop environment
subject linked to:
GNOME Panel (by GNOME Shell in GNOME 3)
linked to: MATE desktop environment
linked to: MATE desktop environment
subject linked to:
Marco window manager
subject linked to:
Marco window manager
subject linked to:
Marco window manager
linked to: MATE desktop environment
subject linked to:
Pluma text editor
linked to: MATE desktop environment
subject linked to:
Pluma text editor
subject linked to:
Pluma text editor
linked to: MATE desktop environment
subject linked to:
Eye of MATE image viewer
subject linked to:
Eye of MATE image viewer
subject linked to:
Engrampa archive manager
linked to: MATE desktop environment
subject linked to:
Engrampa archive manager
linked to: MATE desktop environment
linked to: MATE desktop environment
linked to: MATE desktop environment
linked to: MATE desktop environment
linked to: MATE desktop environment
linked to: MATE desktop environment
linked to: MATE desktop environment
linked to: MATE desktop environment
linked to: MATE desktop environment
linked to: MATE desktop environment
subject linked to:
Caja file manager
subject linked to:
Caja file manager